The awards season cavalcade continued over the weekend with the presentation of the Annie Awards, the highest honors in animation. The winners included CalArts alumni Pete Docter (Film/Video BFA 90),…
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CalArts Student Animator at Work on Disney’s Princess and the Frog
[nggallery id=29] by Maija Burnett Associate Director, Character Animation Program at CalArts Disney’s The Princess and the Frog opens nationwide today (Dec. 11) and features the work of many CalArtians,…
Continue reading »CalArts Animator in Nickelodeon 2009 Animation Festival
Value Blind from Tahnee Gehm. Tahnee Gehm (Film/Video BFA 12), a CalArts character animation student, has a film currently being featured in the Nickelodeon Animation Festival 2009. Her black-and-white short,…
Continue reading »Character Animation Assistant Dean Leo Hobaica at Aniwow! 2009 in Beijing
Though he can usually be found in his office or lecturing in the Palace at CalArts, Character Animation Assistant Dean Leo Hobaica Jr. is currently halfway around the world at…
Continue reading »Visiting Artist Joe Ksander: On Animation and Filmmaking
[nggallery id=20] Animator Joe Ksander has worked on a number of acclaimed feature films like Night at the Museum (2006) (animation supervisor); The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch…
Continue reading »A Taste of CalArts Animation
This animated short film by student David Ochs (Film/Video BFA 12) won the Peer’s Pick award at the CalArts Character Animation Producer’s Show 2009. It’s a retelling of the Brothers…
Continue reading »Celebrating 10 Years in Bikini Bottom: SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants—America’s favorite sponge—recently celebrated 10 years on TV. This is no easy feat considering most new television shows these days last about as long as a 30-second commercial. The…
Continue reading »CalArts Animators, Filmmakers at Anthology Film Archives in NYC on Aug. 22
Colin V. Barton (MFA Film/Video 97) has assembled two experimental animation shows that will screen at the Anthology Film Archives in New York on Aug. 22. He’s curated the group…
Continue reading »Academy Screens Films of Adam Beckett (1950-1979)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences salutes the films of Adam Beckett (BFA Film/Video 73), at a special screening in Hollywood on Aug. 17. An animator and visual…
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